Dante Quiz 27 (20 MCQs)

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1. The "De monarchia" was written:

Correct Answer: A) Between 1313 and 1318.

2. Because she could not go to the party with her friends, she cried with .....

Correct Answer: C) Lamentations.

3. As a poet he was a representative:

Correct Answer: B) Of the Sweet Stil Novo.

4. The first trial against Dante dates back to

Correct Answer: C) 1302.

5. In the fragmentation of Italian politics, which side did Dante belong to?

Correct Answer: B) Guelphs.

6. Dante's mention of the "sound of the angelic trumpet" refers to which religious event?

Correct Answer: D) The Last Judgment.

7. The rings of hell in Dante's vision

Correct Answer: D) Are arranged in degrees of the evil of the sin.

8. Dante created a Hell that depicted ..... circles.

Correct Answer: C) 9.

9. In what year was Dante Alighieri born?

Correct Answer: A) 1265.

10. What language did Dante write his poetry in?

Correct Answer: B) Italian.

11. WHAT DOES CONVIVIO MEAN?

Correct Answer: B) A METAPHORICAL BANQUET WHERE THE TOPICS OF KNOWLEDGE ARE SERVED TO GUESTS.

12. What is a novella?

Correct Answer: A) A story.

13. Who is in the sky of the Moon?

Correct Answer: A) Those who have not fulfilled the vows.

14. Where do we find the verse: "Abandon all hope, you who enter" ?

Correct Answer: A) On the gate of Hell.

15. In The Inferno, who initially leads him around hell?

Correct Answer: B) Virgil.

16. Dante's one true love became his .....

Correct Answer: C) Muse.

17. What is allegory?

Correct Answer: D) A figure of speech that indicates a meaning other than the literal one. s.

18. Which of the following is NOT a "virtuous pagan" living in the first circle?

Correct Answer: B) Shakespeare.

19. How did Dante lose the bone?

Correct Answer: C) A skeleton took it.

20. What is tremulous?

Correct Answer: C) Shaking or quivering.